brain drain season

we have 3 seasons in india- summer, monsoon and winter. each season has some particular characteristics. everybody knows abt them quite properly having studied in geography throughout school life. but for me an engineer there is one more season to look forward to. it is the brain drain season.

every year lots of students decide to go abroad for higher studies. some of them for academic interest and further reasearch, some for earning lots of money, some beacause they dont like india. every year around 10 thousand students from various fields spread the indian diaspora all over the world. most of them prefer US of A but there are also people going to UK, Russia, Germany,Australia and so on.

its good to see people setting out to achieve their dreams and taking their indianness wherever they go. they will obviously bring prosperity and fame to India. but i dont want to go into those things- for they have been read over and over.

this season normally starts during the month of july and continues till the end of august. initially only a few students are seen at the airport but then u have many in the first 2 weeks of august and then it again drops down towards the latter part of the month. (like a bell) the month of june and july is used up for readying everything related to the visas and other necessary documents. then as soon as they are done, people become nostalgic and go to meet the ONE whose going to remain only for a few days now with them. so the parents become overburdened, especially mom who has to serve sweets for these occasions.

thats not all advance arrangements have to be made for staying over there in the unknown land. relatives if reside nearby in that land are of much needed help. however these are happy times for the ONE. he/she gets the oppurtunity to go on a shopping spree. ofcourse there are side effects- learning to do daily chores by urself, cooking, going to the doctor to take injections and other things, learning to drive. then there is also the dark truth that u have to stay with relatively unknown strangers.

finally vidaai happens. the entire family, relatives and few friends come with the ONE to bade the latter goodbye and luck. he goes away for a good no. of years and promising to come back as a better human being. u hope that ONE will remain the same as ever. thus the brain drain season comes to us every year. good brains from here go to improve the well being of other countries. and we in turn continue to churn out more good brain as ever.